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noun Biology.
the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete.
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Origin of germ cell
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby germ cell
German sixth, Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe, germ cell, germen, germfree, germicide, germinability, germinal
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Scientific definitions for germ cell
germ cell
One of the diploid cells in the reproductive organs of a multicellular organism that undergo division and are the precursors of haploid gametes, such as a spermatogonium or oogonium.
See gamete.
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